told what is known about the Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky, who died in Brovary.

On January 18, a plane crash occurred in Brovary, Kyiv region – a helicopter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine crashed near a kindergarten. The causes of the tragedy are still being established. During the disaster, 16 people died, including the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as three children from a kindergarten.

briefly told what is known about the 42-year-old Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky, who died in the accident.

Denys Monastyrsky – biography

Denys Monastyrskyi was born in 1980 in Khmelnytskyi and graduated from the Khmelnytskyi University of Law. Obtained the title of candidate of legal sciences.

Until 2019, he was engaged in legal activities, published scientific works on jurisprudence and was the author of several draft laws, which were later submitted to the Verkhovna Rada. He worked as an associate professor at his alma mater and headed the department of law-making and scientific expertise at the university.

He started his political activity in 2019, when he was elected deputy from the Servant of the People party. From 2019 to 2021, he was the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law Enforcement.

On July 15, 2021, he was nominated as a candidate for the position of Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, and assumed this position the next day. Monastyrsky replaced the infamous Arsen Avakov in this position. Thus, Denys Monastyrsky stayed in his position for less than 3 years before his death.

Family and hobbies

Denys Monastyrskyi was married. His wife Zhanna works as a lawyer at the State Bureau of Investigation. The deceased minister also had two sons. Monastyrskyi called his hobbies water and forest hikes and recreation in the forest near the river, as well as the work of Volodymyr Vysotskyi.